Discuss mailing list

[Calum McAlinden <calum AT mcalinden.me.uk>]

On 7 April 2014 18:54, BlockAid DNS <webmaster AT blockaid.me> wrote:
> If i'm honest, I find the mailing list in general to be an ineffective way 
> of managing a project on the scale of opennic. I tend to find it cumbersome 
> and outdated. My guess is it probably puts off less techy users (not that 
> the list is difficult to use) from participating in the project.

I agree; I would personally prefer a forum although I completely
understand the attraction of a mailing list for some users. An example
of some problems mailing lists cause is your message, HTML email with
colours and a random attachment which some people find annoying. (I
know your phone probably botched it, mine does too :)

> So if the voting system is going to be overhauled, why not do the list at 
> the same time? My suggestion would be to convert the whole thing to a 
> forum. It would make it far easier to monitor things, manage users, control 
> voting etc. Best of all, it's public and easily accessible to anyone. Heck, 
> i'll even host it for you for free!
>
> Just my two cents while we're on the subject, be interesting to see what 
> others think.

How does this proposed voting system work? Is it anonymous? I would be
happy to help with implementing it if I can be of any help :)

-- 
Calum McAlinden
http://www.mcalinden.me.uk